Smithson is used as a family name or surname in Canada. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Smithson
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Canada
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Smithson

How popular is Smithson?

Smithson is common in Canada.

Smithson is ranked 29541 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Smithson bearers increased by 2.542248 per cent in 2010 US census to 6978 since 2000, the surname slipped by 269 spots and ranked at 5032. The last name was found in around 24 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.68 89.73
Black 6.69 6.27
Hispanic or Latino 1.72 1.22
Others 1.53 1.47
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.85 0.93
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.53 0.38
Smithson is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while England is ahead in terms of density. Around 17044 people have been found who wears Smithson as their family name. Smithson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
244,758 Ukraine10
9,568 Thailand8
46,068 Philippines3
32,695 Nigeria3
119,730 Brazil3
1,219,338 India3
10,686 Costa Rica3
4,915 Panama3
40,256 Mexico2
41,879 Turkey2
9,185 Hong Kong2
50,640 Switzerland2
31,767 Greece2
4,367 Afghanistan2
415 Saint Kitts and Nevis2
14,521 Portugal2
44,018 Poland2
24,460 Armenia1
7,292 Vietnam1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
810,193 Indonesia1
37,779 Serbia1
8,181 Botswana1
5,553 Taiwan1
20,172 Hungary1
5,467 Haiti1
11,486 Estonia1
10,683 Cyprus1
34,581 Chile1
799 British Virgin Islands1
1,879 Belize1
2,190 Barbados1
6,212 Jamaica1
28,365 Kenya1
7,895 South Korea1
36,678 Singapore1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
36,814 Romania1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
17,768 Pakistan1
40,340 Malaysia1
12,745 Luxembourg1
7,847 Albania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,259 Italy45
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
57,220 Netherlands27
9,692 Ireland27
353,279 Russia19
29,040 Denmark15
3,922 China11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,129 Northern Ireland60
41,736 Spain51
Countries with hundreds of Smithson:
4,541 Australia661
20,379 South Africa292
3,258 New Zealand234
3,317 Scotland190
71,225 Germany134
3,094 Wales124
77,708 France122
Countries with thousands of Smithson:
4,423 United States9,026
1,619 England4,894
4,481 Canada1,000
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 30 years old workman William Smithson who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on May 2, 1851 by Constitution put out from Liverpool. John Smithson, aged 20, Mary Smithson (22) Workwoman, Sarah Smithson, aged 18, are other Smithson that migrated to US.

Smithson Namesakes

  • Robert Smithson, Artist
  • Carly Smithson, Singer-songwriter
  • Carma Lee Smithson, Author
  • John Smithson, Film producer
  • Carly Smithson, Singer-songwriter
  • Harriet Smithson, Actress
  • Robert Smithson, Artist
  • Gerald Smithson, Cricket Player
  • Forrest Smithson, Olympic athlete
  • Jerred Smithson, Ice hockey centre

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